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By Jonah Hicap<\/strong>
\n Christian Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesuit-run Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. became the first university in the U.S. to hire a Hindu priest as chaplain.<\/p>\n

“Part of our mission and our ethos is our desire to form the whole person,” said Rev. Greg Schenden, a Catholic chaplain at the university, the Washington Post <\/a>reported. A rabbi and an imam are also on staff at the university as chaplains.<\/p>\n

Georgetown has about 300 Hindu students in undergraduate and graduate schools. Hiring Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan was based on the youths’ religious growth, Schenden said.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t just to say, ‘Oh, we got one here,'” he said. “It was, ‘Oh, we need one here.'” Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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